diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/package.json b/packages/webpack-cli/package.json
index ef6261b256c..4e53352a9b2 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "@webpack-cli/info": "^1.5.0",
     "@webpack-cli/serve": "^1.7.0",
     "colorette": "^2.0.14",
-    "commander": "^7.0.0",
+    "commander": "^9.4.1",
     "cross-spawn": "^7.0.3",
     "envinfo": "^7.7.3",
     "fastest-levenshtein": "^1.0.12",
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/src/types.ts b/packages/webpack-cli/src/types.ts
index 2afbaa471e5..b51d7e0485d 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/src/types.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import webpack, {
 import { ClientConfiguration, Configuration as DevServerConfig } from "webpack-dev-server";
 
 import { Colorette } from "colorette";
-import { Command, CommandOptions, OptionConstructor, ParseOptions } from "commander";
+import { Command, CommandOptions, Option, ParseOptions } from "commander";
 import { prepare } from "rechoir";
 import { stringifyStream } from "@discoveryjs/json-ext";
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ interface ImportLoaderError extends Error {
 /**
  * External libraries types
  */
-
+type OptionConstructor = new (flags: string, description?: string) => Option;
 type CommanderOption = InstanceType<OptionConstructor>;
 
 interface Rechoir {
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/src/webpack-cli.ts b/packages/webpack-cli/src/webpack-cli.ts
index e116c888ccc..09ed76a30e3 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/src/webpack-cli.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/src/webpack-cli.ts
@@ -479,7 +479,10 @@ class WebpackCLI implements IWebpackCLI {
     }) as WebpackCLICommand;
 
     if (commandOptions.description) {
-      command.description(commandOptions.description, commandOptions.argsDescription);
+      command.description(
+        commandOptions.description,
+        commandOptions.argsDescription as { [argName: string]: string },
+      );
     }
 
     if (commandOptions.usage) {
@@ -1412,7 +1415,7 @@ class WebpackCLI implements IWebpackCLI {
             // Arguments
             const argumentList = helper
               .visibleArguments(command)
-              .map((argument) => formatItem(argument.term, argument.description));
+              .map((argument) => formatItem(argument.name(), argument.description));
 
             if (argumentList.length > 0) {
               output = output.concat([bold("Arguments:"), formatList(argumentList), ""]);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 27d7011bc29..33f5551da59 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4020,17 +4020,12 @@ commander@^2.20.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.20.3.tgz#fd485e84c03eb4881c20722ba48035e8531aeb33"
   integrity sha512-GpVkmM8vF2vQUkj2LvZmD35JxeJOLCwJ9cUkugyk2nuhbv3+mJvpLYYt+0+USMxE+oj+ey/lJEnhZw75x/OMcQ==
 
-commander@^7.0.0, commander@^7.2.0:
+commander@^7.2.0:
   version "7.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-7.2.0.tgz#a36cb57d0b501ce108e4d20559a150a391d97ab7"
   integrity sha512-QrWXB+ZQSVPmIWIhtEO9H+gwHaMGYiF5ChvoJ+K9ZGHG/sVsa6yiesAD1GC/x46sET00Xlwo1u49RVVVzvcSkw==
 
-commander@^9.0.0, commander@^9.3.0:
-  version "9.4.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-9.4.1.tgz#d1dd8f2ce6faf93147295c0df13c7c21141cfbdd"
-  integrity sha512-5EEkTNyHNGFPD2H+c/dXXfQZYa/scCKasxWcXJaWnNJ99pnQN9Vnmqow+p+PlFPE63Q6mThaZws1T+HxfpgtPw==
-
-commander@^9.4.0:
+commander@^9.0.0, commander@^9.3.0, commander@^9.4.0, commander@^9.4.1:
   version "9.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-9.4.1.tgz#d1dd8f2ce6faf93147295c0df13c7c21141cfbdd"
   integrity sha512-5EEkTNyHNGFPD2H+c/dXXfQZYa/scCKasxWcXJaWnNJ99pnQN9Vnmqow+p+PlFPE63Q6mThaZws1T+HxfpgtPw==